1. She has a guard at every time, guarding her
And how can the lion of the den protect her?

2. She's accustomed to generosity even if it harms her
But she was stingy with what does not harm her

3. Her habit is not to heal her sick
And not to see her prisoner freed one day

4. Her ways are not to visit the aggrieved
And the brother of passions does not visit her

5. A gazelle of beauty with no blemish in her beauty
Except that she finds fault with the sun over her

6. I'm inclined to the full moon of the sky because it
Is equal in its present brilliant beauty to her

7. I loved the stars of the night because they
On their foreheads for glory build their castles

8. And because they placed love's necklaces on their chests
On their necks appearing like pearls in a row

9. I don't know if she's the full moon or became
A sun where its light appeared in beauty

10. Proof she's the sun is her brilliance
Proof she's the full moon is her pride

11. And her rising by day and night while I hope
For her appearance made me confused

12. So if I liken her to the full moon, she's the full moon's mistress
And if I liken her to the sun, she illuminates it

13. A gazelle of a herd accustomed to estrangement and aloofness
Above the wild deer's skittishness appears her coyness

14. And all the tormenting beauties' cruelties, if she
Inflicts them on me, then distance from me is her ease

15. Though for me killing her with a sword when she's
Near me is a favor, her approach makes simple

16. Slender waist - not from frail emaciation
Nor is it among waists the shortest

17. And a belt at her waist, a waistband over
Her hips, tight, and on it she turns

18. She let down over cheeks flowing tresses -
Would that my reward were Paradise and its maidens!

19. If she asks me about the sciences of passion
I'll prove to her that I'm its expert

20. And that I'm an ocean with no rest in its depth
Vast, expansive - from it oceans drew their waters

21. And that I'm the prophet of love who calls to passion
And I have miracles whose curtains were pulled back

22. Among them is the full moon splitting - it appeared
On her cheek, and this is the greatest

23. So whoever follows me and emulates my saying
The light of love elevates him

24. And lovers in every retinue of love and ecstasy knew
That I'm its prince

25. But I'm a slave to a glorious beloved
At the horizon's rise her appearance shows

26. She surpassed people of merit as a child in her merit
And how many nobles her few years outshone

27. She ruled groups who preceded her
If she were the last of this age

28. She adorned herself with etiquette, forbearance and dew
So through her the ages appeared delighted

29. She has every praiseworthy trait
And I all my life, by my life, am grateful to her

30. Among the kings of merit she has the highest rank
Above the sun of glory her throne appears

31. If the people of superiority and sublimity were mentioned
In the way of preference, she's their best

32. In her gatherings among the noble sittings
To sit with others, breasts refuse

33. If the stars of the virtuous revolved around her
Like the sun revolving with its orbits around it

34. She was imbued with the perfume of beauty and musk
And in it the fragrances of perfume are heated by her scent

35. She's the ocean in every knowledge and freshness
Oh how many oceans drew their waters from it

36. A leader the leaders all follow
As she among people is famous

37. An orator whose eloquence shows rhetoric
Beside it the eloquent fall short

38. She makes eloquence into jewels
That the world's paltry goods in my eyes are small

39. A zealous one seeking the truth, an elegant calling
By which the garden of proof was illuminated by its light

40. And a garden of merit, magnanimity and freshness
And gentleness, etiquette, perfection are its flowers

41. Not hidden from him are the secrets of sciences
Like their apparent which he makes clear

42. Adornment of the people of glory in every procession
At the highest nobility their appearance climbs

43. A stronghold of might and dignity are its fruits
The lions' roar is hidden from it

44. So O noble one whose reputation is pure
And I among the generous through you take pride

45. You supported Muhammad's religion with the sword of truth
You, brother of knights, you are its supporter

46. And the causes of truth in you took refuge
And you between mankind are its wall

47. I have an idea to praise none but you
Praiseworthy, its poetry and feelings are you

48. And I have an idea - if praising you were in the sky
Its falcon and sparrow hawk would fly to it

49. The scrolls of praise you adorn with treasure
Written in coral on them its lines

50. To you poetry's boughs brought a gift
A bride beyond compare her rooms excel

51. She leans on hearts, captures minds
And the maidens of Paradise fall in love with her

52. She adorned herself with the necklace of your praise
O excellent is that necklace contained in necks

53. So take her without objection in consent
And live in happiness and joy

54. Through you years and months are delighted
And last - Ibn Fathallah guides you, ceaselessly

55. For her a guard at every time, guarding her